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Friday, December 14, 2012

As I continue to
write this blog, I feel it’s time to take homeopathy to new horizons. The
layperson knows little about this beautiful medical system and I feel that,
through my work, I can introduce homeopathy to those who have either chosen
this system of treatment but are not aware of how it works and those who would
simply love to know more. Demystifying homeopathy will, hopefully, encourage more
and more people to opt for it so that they can experience its wonderful and
even seemingly miraculous healing effects.

Although
homeopathy is very complex in terms of how the practitioner arrives at the
right remedy for each patient, there are many aspects I will deconstruct so
that you understand the fundamentals of this healing system. The most fundamental
point I would like to make is that whereas conventional medicine cannot really cure
disease, homeopathy can – completely and permanently.

1. Homeopathy is NOT
a mysterious system of treatment whose ways are known only to an elite group of
people who practice it. It may seem this way because it has been relegated to
the sidelines by conventional medicine, which thrives on monopoly.

2. Homeopathy is NOT
an unscientific discipline. Unfortunately, it has been tagged as such by conventional
medicine, which has brainwashed us into believing that it is the only treatment
approach that really works.

In this and
subsequent posts, I will demonstrate, through cases, various aspects of this
medical system in a way that is easy to understand.

Here’s something
you can keep in mind while reading through the following case: ‘Our thought processes determine who we are and the
diseases we develop’.

That is why
homeopathy requires a detailed Case Taking. Our basic constitutional nature – ‘who
we are’ – expresses itself through our thoughts, feelings and attitudes. The
homeopath must get a picture of your constitutional nature in order to
prescribe accurately, and therefore needs a wealth of detail about you, your
childhood, family, social circle, etc. Remember, a homeopath does not play the
role of a psychologist or counsellor; he/she is only trying to piece together
your constitutional nature.

PCOS: A Disease Of The New-Age Woman

She knows what
she wants and goes after it. She’s strong, speaks her mind and often slips into
the ‘role of the man’. She is socially evolved – especially in the Indian
context – and she does not hesitate to take the lead.

She is the woman
of today.

The roles we play,
our personalities and our accompanying attitudes and thoughts determine not
only who we are, but also the diseases we develop. And even though what I am
about to say may sound a little extreme to some women, you can’t argue with physiology.
So here goes…

To start with, research
has consistently indicated a strong link between Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
and ‘androgenised’ women. While, sometimes, this literally means masculinised physical
features such as excess facial hair and acne, indicating excess androgen or the
male hormone in the body, it also includes ‘socially androgenised’ or
‘masculinised’ women. Typically, these are women who have assumed ‘masculine-type
roles’ that require them to be tough and aggressive. But it’s not only the
corporate woman who is prone to androgenisation.

The 21st century woman is,
overall, a tougher breed than women were in earlier decades. She operates on
many fronts and has that much more to do. Life itself is more complex than ever
before, and this calls on her ability to negotiate challenges while also juggling
home and career. It’s a tough world, where only the tough survive.

But, surely, the
brain and body are not punishing women for being assertive, self-assured, independent,
decision-makers? Add to that, getting married later and having children after
the age of 30.

The Body Is Old-Fashioned

Unfortunately,
the human body doesn’t care for changing social mores, women’s rights and gender
equality. The body is rather old-fashioned and has not adapted to ‘today’s
woman’, whose forward-thinking brain and multi-tasking personality is at odds
with her biochemistry. But since it is forced to adjust to her new-age persona,
it results in fundamental hormonal and metabolic imbalances. Thus, women who are
predisposed to androgenisation are likely to develop PCOS. In other words, the
modern age is fertile ground for a genetic predisposition towards this disease to
express itself.

PCOS is not just
a ‘social disease’. It is also closely linked to obesity and insulin resistance.
These are largely lifestyle diseases directly linked to diet, sleeping habits
and stress levels, which are often derailed due to the pressures and demands of
modern living. Remember, ‘positive stress’ is as harmful as ‘negative stress’. So
too much of a good time to just as harmful simply because it overloads the
brain and body and is interpreted as ‘stress’.

Balance is the
natural order of things and is a prerequisite for health and well-being. This
is a basic law of nature and it is the only way the body knows. When confronted
with forces that overwhelm it and throw it out of whack, it automatically compensates.
In the process, your biochemistry and metabolism are altered only so you can
keep going. Simply put – to stay alive, you must fall sick!

Presenting Complaints

Let’s proceed to discuss
a fascinating case of PCOS, where the patient was cured in a matter of months. (Who
said homeopathy took years to restore you to good health?) Follow the case
closely and observe the role of the mind and personality in producing disease.

Sheila was an
Information Technology officer employed by a reputed company. Diagnostic tests
had confirmed that the 32-year-old had PCOS. Her menstruation had been irregular
for four years and doctors had told her she was infertile. Sheila had been a
guinea pig for all sorts of allopathic treatment but drugs and hormone
treatment only brought her temporary relief.

When she came to
me, Sheila had not got per period for nine months. The drugs she had been
prescribed had made her gain weight, which also upset her. She also suffered
from painful and pus-filled acne.

Life Situation

As a child, Sheila
was friendly and extroverted, and experienced a normal childhood. When she was doing
her post-graduate studies, she dated a young man for three years. But since the
relationship was going nowhere, Sheila eventually broke it off.

A few years
later, the young woman married a man of her parents’ choice. Just three months
into the marriage, cracks in her relationship with her mother-in-law developed
into deep fissures. Sheila said her mother-in-law would insult her repeatedly and
publicly but she received no support from her husband. “I felt as if I didn’t have
my own identity in the house. They didn’t respect me. I didn’t get love and
affection, which is what I had dreamed of receiving after marriage. Even my husband
didn’t love me.”

Sheila felt alone
and had no one to share her feelings with. It was only a matter of time before
the situation became unbearable and she began to “hate” her husband and in-laws.
Two years into the marriage, Sheila filed for divorce.

The divorce left
a deep impact on her, and Sheila’s mind and body began to undergo some
fundamental changes to adapt to her emotional state. The hormonal imbalances
eventually caused her developing PCOS to surface.

Sheila grew indifferent
towards everything. “I didn’t want to speak to anyone, I felt depressed and
low. I basically lost interest in life as my dream of a happy marriage had been
shattered.” She spent six months in tears before she began to grow ‘strong’. But
what is often mistaken for ‘strength’ is usually a state of hardened
indifference to potentially hurtful stimuli. This is one way to defend and
protect oneself from emotional harm and injury. This is exactly what happened
to Sheila. In medical terms, her periods had grown irregular and the flow was greatly
reduced.

Key Sensitivity

This is a crucial
aspect of every case analysis and I will write a separate post on the subject.
In the meantime, read more about it here.

Key sensitivity
refers to the issue/s that are at the very core of your being and the ones you
are most sensitive to. It is there issues that disturb you most deeply and
reverberate through your entire being.

When I asked
Sheila what upset her most, she replied: “I feel bad when people are unfriendly
towards me or when they don’t like me. I also want to settle down and have a
happy relationship and I want to conceive a child.”

Rubrics

Some people may
be familiar with this stage of the analysis. I would like to emphasise that only
trained homeopaths are qualified to arrive at rubrics in a case. Do not trust a
homeopath who says they can prescribe a remedy for a specific symptom such as
migraine, the flu or arthritis. Homeopathy is a holistic system and it does not
treat symptoms or specific diseases. It realigns a diseased constitution – the
entire constitution as opposed to a specific disease, which is simply
symptomatic of a larger disease process at work in the body. To achieve this,
it is usually necessary to arrive at rubrics. There are other ways to practice
homeopathy too but none of them offers symptomatic relief.

This is another
reason why it is dangerous to attempt to practice homeopathy without formal training.
So if you have been ‘dabbling’ in homeopathy or if homeopathy is a ‘hobby’, think
again.

And yes, arriving
at rubrics is the end result of that detailed Cast Taking! I am detailing the
rubrics I arrived at in Sheila’s case to give the layperson an insight into the
analysis stage of the case taking.

Rubrics In Sheila’s Case

A/F – Indignation

A/F – Insults,
offences from

A/F – Rudeness of
others

A/F –
Disappoinment, deception

Aversion to husband

Aversion to
family members

Cries when alone

Hatred towards
person who has offended

Indifference to
everything

Sensitive to
rudeness

No love, care,
nourishment from husband

No identity, no
respect from in-laws

Interpretation

At the very core
of her being, Sheila lacked a sense identity and felt complete only when she
shared a close relationship with another human being. Without this, she felt empty,
nothing, vacant. In other words, her identity was tied to another human being. For
her, any break in relationships was tantamount of betrayal. Thus, when her
marriage ended in divorce, Sheila was shattered but in order to not break down
completely, she had to ‘toughen up’ and get ‘strong’.

Sheila’s constitution
therefore compensated for her sense of emptiness and total lack of identity and
developed PCOS (her defence) so that she could survive.

Our defences are therefore
purely survival-oriented and, ironic though it may sound, disease is the
constitution’s way of keeping you alive and ticking, albeit in a state of
imbalance and sickness.

Homeopathy corrects
your constitutional imbalance by reversing and rooting out the disease process
and restores you to health and well-being.

In Sheila’s case,
a month after she started treatment, she began to menstruate once again, which
was a sure indication that the disease process that had led to PCOS had begun to
reverse itself. She also shed excess weight. But perhaps most rewarding were
her words, “I feel like a normal person now.”

A few weeks
later, Sheila told me she was getting remarried and was prepared to start life
afresh.

MindHeal Homeopathy goes way beyond curing the body. In fact,
if the patient’s physical symptoms were to disappear without a corresponding
change in his or her mental and emotional state, the treatment would not have worked.
MindHeal Homeopathy thus brings about a complete transformation and restores
you to a state of balance and good health.

Re-awaken the healer in you…

- Dr Anita Salunkhe, MD

MindHeal Homeopathy is an ISO-certified clinic based in Chembur, Mumbai. To find out more about The MindHeal Way, call: 022-25230530 / +91-9930363981. Or write to us at crm@mindheal.com Website: www.mindheal.org. We’ll be happy to answer all your queries.

Oh, very good post. Teaching on the predictive way. I’m very glad finding you here on Mind heal (mens sana). At the first Predictive Seminar in Curitiba I was there. Frequently I’ll be there reading your teaching and I want learn with the case you bring. Thanks Dr. Salunkhe. God bless you and your work.

Madam thank ufor this post, i need ur help, i am a junior homeopath(practising since 2 years) my sister has pcod, now she z 28 yrs, not able to conceive after 1&1/2yrs of marriage life. Sincefeb 2013 strtd irregular menses, marriage was on Nov 2013,bfre marriage she ws n Singapore alone as a part of her job for 11 months. Irregularity started when there wz confrontation with her roommate over there..... Menarche 14yrs,since 17 yrs she had dysmenorrhoea on first day, till 20yrs of age had acne big on her nose in group, had gvn natrum mur 200in 2008 fr dyssmenorrhoea got releif only once, she used to catch cough and fever frequently since childhood, shez an introvert child but nw sec. Extrovert, firm decisions, doesn't liked to b controlled, will argue, won't share her belongings even to siblings, like to peep intoothersmatters, not iinterested in studies nd reading, but studies well, we hv to b polite with herto make her listen, won't cry easily but nw more attached to husband, has anticipation fr hospital checkups, don't like to tk allopathic medicine sincechildhood, quick mindedness, maths nd chess good, will make others to do herworksnicely, nw very talkative, ws lean but nw due to her diet started wt gain slightly, very tall, lazy upto last moment, thermally hot, won't spend her money, if spend for household matters will talk about it, but squanders fr self(dress, handbags, sandals etc) she buy dress use it fr 2or 3times,if she don't like she won't use at all, won't let others to use also. She keeps hatred, crave chicken, fried foods, likes to take vibhuthi, cumin seeds, has history of fainting in d sun twice or thrice, childhood fear of bathing in d shower, almost thirstless, menses before <tn, left sided, while for marriage proposals she opted forwell salary settled, she never tell lie, she tks time to hv friendship tbenform thick friendship if breaks it will break fr ever............ Please help.... Dr. Minu rajeev

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